Abstract
Healthcare professionals struggle with disease on the front lines by risking their lives in all pandemics. The main purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the COVID-19 knowledge level of employees on social closeness and risk avoidance behaviors during the pandemic. A hospital-based cross-sectional research design was used in the study. The research universe consisted of all healthcare professionals of two public hospitals providing secondary care in Ankara. The convenience sampling method was preferred in the survey. The total number of questionnaires evaluated and used to analyze the data is 521. It has been determined that the direct causal effect of the COVID-19 knowledge level of health professionals on risk avoidance behaviors is positive and 0.29 units. In comparison, the direct causal effect on the social closeness behaviors is positive and 0.17 units. In addition, a significant relationship was found between female gender and risk avoidance behavior. The level of knowledge experienced among healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 epidemic increases their tendency to show risk avoidance and social closeness behaviors.
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